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Configure Lookup Search Results in Salesforce Classic

Configure Lookup Search Results in Salesforce Classic

After you’ve defined lookup fields, configure your search settings. Enable enhanced lookups and lookup auto-completion, and start customizing your lookup filter fields.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic
Available in: all editions except Database.com
  • Enable Enhanced Lookups
    Enable enhanced lookups in Classic so users can sort, filter, and page through their results. Enhanced lookups are available only for specific objects.
  • Specify Lookup Search Filter Fields
    After enabling enhanced lookups, specify which fields users can use to filter lookup search results. If you don't specify any fields, your users can't use filters in enhanced lookup dialogs. Enhanced lookups are available only for specific objects.
  • Enable Lookup Auto-Completion
    Enable lookup auto-completion so users can select items from a dynamic list of matching, recently used records when editing a lookup field. It’s supported for account, contact, user, opportunity, and custom object lookups.
 
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